Several hundred demonstrators protested in Warsaw into the early hours of Friday against the quasi-total ban on legal abortions imposed in Poland with a ruling of its Constitutional Tribunal, dpa reported. On Thursday, the court ruled that performing abortions due to foetal defects is illegal under the constitution. Foetal defects accounted for almost all legal abortions performed in the country last year.

Poland’s government announced on Monday it would open a temporary hospital at the national stadium in Warsaw as the country faces a spike in coronavirus cases.

Germany and Poland enforced new restrictions to fight the coronavirus Saturday as the number of cases surged in Europe, and breached 10 million in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Wearing masks outside will be compulsory across the whole of Poland from 10 October, PM Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Thursday, as the country faces a sharp spike in coronavirus cases.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland, will re-enter government as deputy prime minster, PМ Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday.

Poland’s foreign minister stated on Monday that If the European Union does not impose sanctions on Belarusian officials, EU Member States neighbouring Belarus could consider imposing their own national sanctions.

The presidents of Lithuania, Poland and Romania will ask EU leaders at a summit later this week to offer a support package for Belarus if the country holds a democratic election, news wires reported. It would include a favourable trade regime, visa-free travel and support in negotiations to enter the WTO, according to the statement from the three presidents seen by Reuters.

Poland's ruling right-wing coalition was on the brink of collapse on Friday, with leaders mulling a minority government or fresh elections after MPs broke ranks over the adoption of a controversial animal rights bill, AFP reports

Poland's PM Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday appointed new ministers of foreign affairs and health in a reshuffle with a view at the coronavirus pandemic and upheaval in neighbouring Belarus, news wires reported. Zbigniew Rau, the head of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house of parliament, will become foreign minister, while Adam Niedzielski will lead the health ministry.

Poland’s PМ Mateusz Morawiecki has called on the leaders of the European Commission and the European Council to hold a special EU summit on Belarus, the cabinet in Warsaw announced on Monday.